Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-16

MARE, HARRIS HAMBLETONiAN, EN-
PRESS $3.50; GRAY ROSE, DAM or GUY
LER, AND DAM OF GOLDSMITH MAID.
In answer to a recent enquiry, we no.
ticed Dunton's Spirit of the Turf accept
ed our version of the pedigree of this
mare. that she was probably got by
Young Cock of the Rock, owned by Har-
vey Yale of Middlebury, VT, and sup
posed to be by a son of Barnum's Cock
of the Rock and the g. d. by Harvey
Yale's Arab.
From all that has been published up to
date on this noted mare, who in the for
ties got record TO saddle of 2:3l9, Mr..
Dunton was fully warranted to give this
answer. We alone had traced the mare
to her breeder, and by the sons of the
breeder were told that they were very
sure she was got by horse Harvey Yale
owned. They thought she was foaled
1884, but the parties that bought her
thought it was 1885. Mr.. Harvey Yale
owned this Young Cock of the Rock in
1884. We could not then see that he
owned any stallion in 1893, but knowing
that at the best that her being sired by
Young Cock of the Rock was only a
guess. and finding that the Messrs. VAIN
wright would not yield the point that
she was foaled in 1884, we put in great
deal of additional work to trace this ped
igree, and have secured much additional
evidence, as yet unpublished, but which
in due time will all be given to the pub
lie through the REGISTER. This evidence
makes it very certain that Young Cock
of the Rock was not her sire; and points
strongly to the conclusion that she was
by Harvey Yale's Liberty, horse previ-
and which is supposed to have got the
dams of Vermont Hero and Sherman
Black Hawk. We hope yet, and think
we may be able to establish with certain
ty the paternity of this mare, but it has
perhaps troubled us more than any pedi-
gree we have attempted. The previous
version, that she was by Harris Hamble-
tonian, was made up out of whole cloth.
the statement. The year this mare was
got Harris Hambetonian, or as then
called. the Eddy Horse, did not stand in the
county. Mr.. Hiram Eddy owned him at
this time; he bought him in 1881 of Sam-
uel Eddy of Bristol, VT, and took him to
Wallingford and Dandy, where he stood
him several years. He after stood him
at Huntington, Chittenden Co., one sea-
son. In due time, we shall place before
our readers a very succinct account of
the Harris Horse, and where he stood
each year of his life, together with his
tory of some of his noted stock. We
have held this back, desiring to visit Wal
lingford once more before publishing it.
In preparing it we made a thorough
drive through New Haven, Bristol,
Starksboro, Huntington and esburgh,
going also to Richmond, Essex and Wat
erbury.
We have received the following letter
on the dam of the two stations, Black
Eagle and Black Warrior, both by Black
Hawk, bred by Jason Davenport of Mid
dlebury, and taken TO California by Rol-
lin Jones. Mr. Wallace gives this dam,
as he has the majority of horses from
this region, most of them wrong, by Har.
ris' Hambletonian. We think Mr.. Da-
venport used to guess her such, though
he wrote us he knew nothing about it,
1t will be seen that she was by Foot's
Hambletonian of Charlotte. Mr.. Jot
Weller of Hinesburgh had previously
told us that he was quite sure she was
his brother had owned her at one time
but he could not tell who bred her.
What horse got Foot's Hambletonian
we will frankly say we do not know. He
was bay horse and quite good locker
good size,and got either by Harris Ham
bletonian or his sire, the Bishop Horse
The testimony in the matter is the very
best possible and very positive and JUS
about evenly divided. He was bred by
Mr.. Yale of Charlotte, or near there, ant
if by the Bishop Horse it is very certain
that the Bishop Horse was in Chittender
Co. one year. This has been said to be
so.